F3 Knoxville

Author: Pinocchio

I’m up, they see me, I’m down

THE SCENE: 25ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Fire Team Drill – “I’m up, they see me, I’m down”

  • Start at the bottom of the hill by the Grinder with 5 Merkins
  • Stand up and take off while saying “I’m up, they see me, I’m down” then hit the ground for 5 more merkins
  • Repeat until reaching the pine tree at the top
  • Start over at the bottom again, but with situps

 

THA-THANG:
CMU Playtime

  • OH lunge to first cone – 5 Mr. Spectacular
  • OH lunge to second cone – 10 CMU Step-up Merkins
  • OH lunge to third cone – 20 OH Presses
  • OH lunge to fourth cone – 30 Curls
  • Leave your CMU and run to the Troll Bridge and back
  • Repeat

MARY:

  • Thunderstruck – Hold a plank through the song and do a merkin every time you hear “thunder” or “thunderstruck” and do should taps during the solo
  • ABC’s with your legs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Focus on your mental toughness, both in exercise and in your daily life. There’s a big difference between hitting your comfort limit and your actual limit. Push yourself to do more for yourself and for others. Give your all.

“If we did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
MOLESKIN:
Praying for Squiggly’s mother in law and the family for comfort
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Exponential Fun

THE SCENE: 25 degrees. Chilly!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Quick warmup…

  • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
  • Arm circles x10 IC

THA-THANG:
Exponentially increasing reps! Do the 3 exercises called out. Run down to the end of the grinder, do 1 burpee, run back, you’re now on the next round. Multiply whatever round you are on by itself to determine rep count of each exercise.

Lap 1 = 1 rep of each…… Lap 2 = 4 reps of each……. Lap 3 = 9 reps of each….. Lap 4 = 16 reps of each….. etc.

  • Round 1 – Merkins, BBS, Chin ups (went approx 15 minutes, most made it to round 6ish which is 36 reps of each)
  • Round 2 – Bobby Hurley, Box Cutters, Shoulder taps (went approx 15 minutes)
  • Round 3 – Burpees, V-ups, Step ups (went approx 10 minutes)

MARY:
Finish out the last 45s with LBC’s
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs braved the cold!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It’s extremely easy to focus on the negatives of each day rather than seeing the positive. Our minds tend to gravitate to find all the things going wrong, and not what’s going right.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18        For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

God woke us all up this morning because His plan for us isn’t finished yet. Make the best of your day, and pay attention to what IS right, and what you DO have.

This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Moses moving day coming up Saturday!

It’s Only 26

THE SCENE: 48ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
  • Worst Merkin Ever x5 OYO
  • Arm Circles x10 IC (both directions)
  • Lil’ bit of this n that

THA-THANG:

  • Indian run over to Mt. Crumpet the long route
  • Four Options to get up the hill… Anyone can choose! Except all 4 options must be completed. Non-optional.
  • 1 – Bear Crawl up, 26 Bobby Hurley’s at the top
  • 2 – Crawl Bear up, 26 Merkins at the top
  • 3 – Bernie up, 26 Burpees at the top
  • 4 – Crab Walk up, 26 BBS at the top

 

  • Mosey back to grinder for the WHOWIE! (Kraken workout but with only 6 stations… whowie is a mythical giant 6 legged lizard from Australia) Stations are as follows:
  • 6 Bodybuilders
  • 20 Iron Mikes
  • 20 Dry Docks
  • 6 Burpee Jacks (Do a jumping jack at the end of it)
  • 20 Merkins
  • 20 Squats

MARY:

  • V-ups x20 OYO
  • ~1 minute of LBC’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Every year, my birthday brings back memories of my grandfather since his birthday is the day before mine. Yesterday (10/17) would’ve been his 98th birthday, he passed away about 5 years ago at the age of 93. Growing up, he was the male role model I looked up to. He was extremely kind, soft spoken, generous, honest, and never voiced a complaint about anything. He was overall just a good man.

When he passed away, it left a gap in my life. Even though he set the example for me to chase as a man, him being physically gone for the earth was just tough. I still have always known his qualities and will never forget them, but it just absolutely sucked that he was gone.

I can say with confidence that F3 has filled that gap I had in my life. Every man I have met in this group has given me new qualities to look up to and new role models to set examples for not just me, but everyone. I am extremely grateful for the impact this group has had on my life. I am glad I got to celebrate my birthday being out in the dark on this chilly morning improving my life with these people, as well as hitting my 1 year mark since my first F3 workout. I am looking forward to the next years of beatdowns and getting closer to everyone. I know that all of you would do anything to help another brother out, and that means a lot to me.

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Olympics coming up. Register!

Agility and What Not

THE SCENE: 70ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Phelps/Little this&that
  • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
  • Various Leg stretches
  • TN Rocking Chair x10 IC
  • 50% Mosey across lot
  • 100% Sprint across lot

THA-THANG:

  • One side of grinder – 5 Burpees, 10 BBS, 20 Dancing Bears
  • Run through chalk ladder
  • Sprint to first cone, karaoke, over to next, sprint up to next cone, karaoke back across
  • High knees up to first light pole
  • Sprint it out to the end
  • At other side of grinder – 5 pullups, 10 Merkins, 20 Step ups

 

  • 4 corners – start with 4 reps and increase by 2 each time around
  • Ranger merkins, Box cutters, Dry docks, Bobby Hurley

MARY:

  • Guantanamo
  • Captain Thor (up to 5)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 came out to get better! 2 FNG’s – Overnight and Gecko. Welcome!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Lately I’ve been trying to focus on my mental strength. There’s a difference between your body giving up and your mind giving up. Push yourself, learn the difference. This applies to not only our exercising, but to our daily lives. Its much easier to give up than it is to focus and push through a difficult situation. Work on your mental strength, push yourself.

“When someone tells me no, it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.”

“Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.”

“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.”

“Attitude is 100% under your control.”

“If your mindset is defeated, the results will be the same no matter how often you put up a physical fight.”
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Olympics coming up in November

Turbo 11s

THE SCENE: Mid 60’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
  • Little of this/that
  • Shoulder Shredder (x100 overhead claps, 4 count, IC)
    THA-THANG:
  • 11’s on Mt Crumpet – Squats & Ranger Merkins at top, Box cutters & Dry docks at bottom
  • To get to the top, you must bernie half way up, run back down, then you can run to the top

 

  • Partner up! 3 rounds of the following:
  • Suicides across grinder, parter does merkins while waiting for you to get back, then swap
  • Bear crawl to third bench & crawl bear back, parter does flutter kicks while waiting, then swap
  • Run short loop, parter does box squats while waiting, then swap

MARY:
LBC’s until the end
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be your own person. With the influence of media and social media, I think the world is beginning to lose the ability to form your own opinions. We’re always seeing politics on TV, and people bashing other people for not agreeing with their lifestyle and opinion.

What really matters is what you think. Every single one of us is fortunate enough to live in a country where we are allowed to form our own opinions, so use that right. In all generations, there are people that take everything they hear or see from others as fact and don’t investigate for themselves.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: